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Murder’s Immortal Mask
Rome, 314 AD. Constantine is now the emperor, having defeated Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge in the year…
The Last Gospel
1st century CE: the lame Claudius, not yet Emperor of Rome, travels to Galilee where he meets a charismatic…
The Templar
At the end of the 11th century, the Infidels captured Jerusalem. On November 27th, 1095, the call went out from…
A Christmas Beginning
Superintendent Runcorn of the Metropolitan Police has come to Anglesey to escape the loneliness of the Christmas season and his…
The poison Maiden
This second book in the Mathilde of Westminster series takes us to the court of Edward II in 1308. England…
The Poisoner of Ptah
Thebes, 1479 BC. Hatusu is the Pharaoh Queen of Egypt. In the Hall of Two Truths, and with great ceremonial,…
The Generals
The Generals is the second in Simon Scarrow’s quartet of novels focusing on Wellington and Napoleon. The book opens in…
An Accomplished Woman
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Jude Morgan follows up his tragic and haunting novel Symphony with this witty, Jane-Austen-inspired comedy of errors. Ten years ago…
Dispensation of Death
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1325: the reign of Edward II.England is in the grip of tyranny. Not so much from the reigning king, who…
The Eagle in the Sand
Simon Scarrow’s seventh novel has Roman legionnaires Macro and Cato sent to a fort in Judea to investigate disturbing rumours…
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